I woke up around 5am to use the bathroom. I turned on the lamp beside the bed and noticed 1 small bug on the sheet. I immediately captured it and used the hotel wi-fi to confirm it was a bedbug. I searched the bed and did not find any other critters or evidence of infestation. I never felt or saw any bite marks.

I took the captured bedbug to the front desk, who was helpful by allowing my belongings to run in their dryers for 30 min on high-power to kill any bugs which

may have gotten into my stuff. I didn't suspect any had, but didn't want to take any chances. My bill was reduced 50%, and they seemed genuinely interested in resolving the problem and calling an exterminator. To be on the safe side, I never even brought my belongings to my house (except for my laptop computer)... I stopped at my local dump and threw everything else away. Fortunately, I never had a problem develop from that episode.